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Social Science Education Center

Social Science Seminars

The Social Science Education Center at Weber State University offers general education credit at no cost to you as an educator. This is a two-credit-hour history/social science seminar.

We will offer these seminars every semester with a different topic each semester (summer seminars will be a two-week-long condensed session and meet from 9:00 a.m.-Noon). You can repeat these workshops as many times as you’d like.  Fall and spring semester seminars will be on Wednesday evenings from 4:15 p.m.-6:45 p.m. on Weber State's main campus.  

The Seminars:

 

 

 

Our Current Seminar: 

"Nineteenth-Century America" 

Schedule:

 

Here are the daily topics:  

 

Sept 11-   "The Forgotten Presidents," Dr. Leah Murray, Professor of Political Science

Sept 18-   "Spanish/American War and the Modern American Military," Dr. Branden Little, Professor of History

Sept 25-   "American Romanticism," Dr. Stephen Francis, Professor of History 

Oct 2-       "Huck Finn and Moby Dick," Dr. Russell Burrows, Professor of English  

Oct 9-       "Nat Turner, Enslaved Prophet," Dr. Greg Downs, Professor of History, UC Davis, 7:00 p.m. LH 101

Oct 16 -   Fall Break

Oct 23-    "The Economics of Slavery," Dr. Álvaro La Parra-Pérez, Associate Professor of Economics

Oct 30-    "Abraham Lincoln's War," Dr. Nathan Rives, Assistant Professor of History

Nov 6-      "Alexis de Tocqueville's America," Dr. Thom Kuehls, Professor of Political Science 

Nov 13-    "Beyond Suffrage:  Women's Movements in Late 19th-Century America," Dr. Leah LaGrone, Assistant Professor of History 

Nov 20-     "Consumerism in Late Nineteenth-Century America," Dr. Susan Matt, Professor of History

Nov 27-     Thanksgiving Break

Dec 4-      "Cattle & Cowboys in the American West," Dr. Kerri Clement, Assistant Professor of History

Dec 11-    "Money in the Americas," Dr. James Almeida, Assistant Professor of History 

 

 

 

 

This seminar will be held Wednesday evenings, September-December, from 4:15-6:45 p.m.

Weber State Main Campus, Lindquist Hall, Room 112

 

The Social Science Education Center is covering the cost of this seminar.

So you will be able to get college credit at No Cost to You.

For further information contact Dr. Stephen Francis sfrancis@weber.edu

 

 

How to Register 

 

Scroll down to HIST 2920 "Nineteenth-Century America" and click on "Add to Cart" and after that click on "Grant" to have the cost paid for

Then when you are at the payment screen click on Grant in the drop-down menu.  Make sure you sign up for the appropriate section:  one is a Credit/No Credit Course, and there is one that is for a Letter Grade.

 

Enroll Now

****Looking Ahead:  

                                                                   Spring 2025--Society and Culture in History

 

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Stephen Francis sfrancis@weber.edu.